Am I the only one who objects to HTML-formatted postings on a
listserv? I thought there was a rule that postings should be in plain
text. Am I mistaken?
David Leonard
ShaysNet
Curmudgeon-at-large
No. HTML format postings are just silly.
I have a reasonably simple solution, which is to filter them out
and not read them. No one who knows me anticipates that I'd actually
read an HTML posting, so I am sure that such postings aren't intended
for my eyes. 
Ran
David:
No. I say we make it a requirement to use a text based mailer (pine?) to
participate in this list. What else would a real network operator be
using anyway?
Chuck
Thus spake Charles Scott (cscott@gaslightmedia.com):
No. I say we make it a requirement to use a text based mailer (pine?) to
participate in this list. What else would a real network operator be
using anyway?
A Real Network Operator can pick up a phone, vocalise the DTMF tones to
dial into a terminal server, and whistle at the remote modem such that it
handshakes and connects at a healthy V.90. He then attaches to a console
port on his Unix box, does the authentication math in his head in real
time, drops to root, and starts listening and sending directly on port 25.
He does this all from the comfort and convenience of his padded cell.
--John
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no, but procmail and sed, html2text, or /dev/null work quite well.
no rule or recommendation is going to stop the clue-- from posting
html or using MS MUAs (or MTAs).
Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 02:10:05PM -0400, M. David Leonard:
Another mailing list server I use for all my lists I admin (uses
majordomo) have a filter that simply bounces back all HTML mail to the
sender, along with instructions on how to set most MUAs to send text only
messages. Works perfectly.
Too bad that "out of office replies" doesn't come with a descernable tag
one could filter on.... or is there? I actually haven't looked.